Study debunks media bias myth

How many times have you heard that the media has a liberal bias, even though evidence to the contrary stares the world in the face? Ironically, the myth of liberal media bias is spread primarily by the media itself - making it a self-debunking myth.

Now a study proves that not only does the media lack a liberal bias, but it actually has a conservative bias.

Gee, ya think?

George Mason University's Center for Media and Public Affairs has long tracked TV news content. Now the center has released a study finding that the leading broadcast TV networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC) have been much tougher on Obama than on McCain during this presidential campaign.

Conservatives will likely charge that the Center for Media and Public Affairs is some sort of liberal organ. But the CMPA was actually founded by conservatives. If even the CMPA finds a conservative bias, then we have to question the sanity of anyone who still insists the media has a liberal tilt.

And the study covered only broadcast TV news. It didn't even cover talk radio, which is almost exclusively right-wing. (Even Air America has been taken over by the DLC, which isn't exactly liberal.)

I could see during the '88 campaign how conservative the media was. Now we should be able to put the liberal media fable to rest. But don't hold your breath. The media will still be spreading this discredited myth in another 20 years.

(Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia27-2008jul27,0,6802141.story)